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Humphrey Bogart is a pretty leathery guy. He’s possibly the most iconic male figure of the golden age of cinema. He’s stylish, he’s magnetic, and his face resembles a crumpled map of Italy. He looks like he’s seen some shit. Bogie is a good example of the fact that in the good old days, the […]

For 20 seasons, The Bachelor has been nailing the holy trinity of reality TV: competition, consumerism and voyeurism. The reality powerhouse lets us peer in at a private social ritual, that of dating. The final pairings that the show produces don’t last (with a few exceptions); the ‘fairy-tale romance’ clearly doesn’t endure. And yet the […]

Since the famous Blue Marble image of earth from space in 1972, our sense of ourselves as a species has changed. The sense of infinity and awe created by our greater understanding of the universe has replaced the infinity and awe of God. The salvation of the human race isn’t being played out as the […]